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The two choirs on this disc… enter whole-heartedly into the spirit of the music. — BBC Music Magazine, November 2006, 4 out of 5 stars More…

Release Date: 16th Oct 2006
Catalogue No: DCD34033
Label: Delphian
Length: 78 minutes

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Swayne: The Coming of Saskia Hawkins, Op. 51

Work length4:11

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Michael Bonaventure (organ)

Swayne: Magnificat I, Op. 33

Work length4:22

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Julian Forbes (tenor), Joanna Goldsmith (soprano), Ben Thapa (tenor)
National Youth Choir of Great Britain
Michael Brewer

Swayne: The Tiglet, Op. 68a

Work length2:42

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Martha McLorinan (alto), Hannah Sawle (soprano)
Laudibus
Michael Brewer

Swayne: 4 Passiontide Motets, Op. 95a

Work length2:19

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National Youth Choir of Great Britain
Michael Brewer

No. 1, Vidit Suum Dulcem Natum

Track length2:19

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Swayne: A Convocation of Worms, Op. 67

Work length19:59

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Stephen Wallace (countertenor), Michael Bonaventure (organ)

Swayne: 4 Passiontide Motets, Op. 95a

Work length4:21

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Tom Appleton (bass), Joanna Goldsmith (soprano), Martha McLorinan (alto), Robert Mecnardi (tenor)
Laudibus
Michael Brewer

No. 2, Eia, Mater!

Track length4:21

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Swayne: Winter Solstice Carol, Op. 79

Work length5:18

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Philippa Davies (flute), Felicity Brown (soprano)
Laudibus
Michael Brewer

Swayne: Midwinter, Op. 91

Work length6:38

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Kathy Banister (alto), Anne-Marie Cullum (soprano), Julian Forbes (tenor), Christopher Jay (bass)
Laudibus
Michael Brewer

Swayne: 4 Passiontide Motets, Op. 95a

Work length7:49

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Joanna Goldsmith (soprano), Alex Hargreaves (bass), Edward Lee (tenor), Martha McLorinan (alto), Tom Appleton (bass), Hannah Sawle (soprano), Ben Thapa (tenor)
National Youth Choir of Great Britain
Michael Brewer

No. 3, Fac Me Cruce Custodiri

Track length3:49

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No. 4, Dona Nobis Pacem

Track length4:00

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Swayne: Missa Tiburtina, Op. 40

Work length20:50

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Beth Mackay (alto), Tom Appleton (bass), Quintilla Hughes (soprano), Martha McLorinan (alto), Ben Thapa (tenor)
National Youth Choir of Great Britain
Michael Brewer

Kyrie Eleison

Track length4:09

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Gloria

Track length2:02

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Sanctus

Track length3:04

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Benedictus

Track length4:21

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Agnus Dei

Track length4:04

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Dona Nobis Pacem

Track length3:10

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November 2006

The two choirs on this disc… enter whole-heartedly into the spirit of the music.

2010

Giles Swayne's A Convocation of Worms (1995) is a 20-minute cantata for countertenor and organ setting a thoroughly alarming 15th-century text, adapted from the Coventry miracle plays, in which Death, appearing at Herod's court after the massacre of the innocents, effects instant retribution, declaring that 'where I smite, there is no grace'. This stark mixture of menace and lament is a gift for a composer with Swayne's propensity for questioning received social and religious conventions from the inside, and even if the austerity of the work's central stages risks some loss of impact, the effect of the whole is powerful and memorable. Stephen Wallace and Michael Bonaventure do it proud, and it's recorded, like everything on the disc, in a spacious acoustic which doesn't compromise clarity of texture.
One short, bold organ piece apart, the rest of the music is choral, and includes three of Swayne's most attractive successes: Magnificat, The Tiglet (that is, Blake's 'The Tyger'), and Missa Tiburtina. The National Youth Choir of Great Britain and its offshoot Laudibus tackle this music with enormous energy and skill.
There is less to enjoy in Midwinter – setting Christina Rossetti's cringingly sentimental verse in 2003 might be thought a touch eccentric – but the Four Passiontide Motets include some of Swayne's most cogent musical imagery and abound in imaginative textures. A highly commendable enterprise.

“The stark mixture of menace and lament (A Convocation of Worms) is a gift for a composer with Swayne’s propensity for questioning received social and religious conventions from the inside…the effect of the whole is powerful and memorable. Stephen Wallace and Michael Bonaventure do it proud…this is a highly commendable enterprise.” Arnold Whittall (Gramophone)

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